2012 IndyCar schedule takes shape

An event at Texas Motor Speedway--perhaps two separate races--is the last remaining piece of the puzzle. Track president Eddie Gossage said that a contract signing isn't imminent, but its parameters might be.

IndyCar needs 16 races to fulfill its contract with Izod. IndyCar CEO Randy Bernard said that the schedule will meet that number, but, barring a surprise announcement, it will take two events at Texas to get there.